The Arena

What do you notice when you're on vacation.........?
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In the arena where the competition is fierce
you have held your own nicely;
there were only 3 or 4 awkward pauses tonight. i am impressed.

you've begun to relinquish the story-book
misinformation
the comfort of a sheltered, sequestered mind. welcome to the table.
we play for money here, so stack your chips
and don't shake like that--you're eyes should give
nothing away...free.

Keep your oar in as long as possible, let him lead,
let him dream, let his handsome ignorance
pay the bills for as long as this
gloriously ill-fated round lasts. but then assemble your weapons.

Get them out like you mean it, this time draw your blade
for conquest, not just defense or survival,
if there's a blink or a stagger, draw blood without a second thought.

I know, it seems rather feral, to corner the weak & move in for the kill,
but what are your alternatives?
You've waited a long time for a significant word, an order,
a quest, but as far as I can see,
the angels never showed up.

Are you just gonna wait for ever?

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation." He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation." - Luke 22:39 +

are you willing to wait for even a little while?